Warden investigating white-tailed deer shooting

Warden investigating white-tailed deer shooting

North Dakota Game and Fish Department district game warden Corey Erck is investigating the possible illegal shooting of a white-tailed deer found on Bismarck Parks and Recreation District land near the Nishu Archery Complex in south Bismarck, according to a press release.

The deer was found dead with an arrow in it.

“I don’t believe this animal was shot as part of the bow season within the city limits,” Erck said in the press statement. “It was near the practice range, and was shot with a field point and not with a broadhead.”

Anyone with information on the incident is encouraged to contact the Report All Poachers telephone number at 800-472-2121. or contact Erck directly at 701-320-2005. Callers can remain anonymous.

The RAP line offers rewards for information that leads to conviction of fish and wildlife law violators.

Some idiot “plinker” I suppose, I just hope the idiot that did this doesn’t set off a storm of protests and have the city depredation hunt cancelled! Stupid things like this have a long history of cancelling needed city hunts at many places around the country! It seems as long as people, even antihunters, don’t see it or hear of it or experience any negative fallout they accept or at least tolerate it knowing that a limited hunt is the only way to reduce problem deer overpopulation! But when this crap happens, they often rise up and demand the hunt to stop! Hope N Dakotans are more level headed.

One would think that anyone with enough interest in archery and presumably the outdoors and in going to the range would know better than this! Would be nice to fine the guy and turn him in.

Well why don't you just list off the other laws that we know were broken here.....hell list just one. Yeah that's what I thought. In the end even the field tip cant be guaranteed to be illegal since there is an offhand chance it was fluke rogue arrow that cleared the backstop. If you've ever walked back there and seen the arrows stuck in the trees you would know anything is possible especially out on one of the walking courses.

I wasn’t aware that shooting ANY deer WITHIN the range was legal under the city special depredation hunt! If legal, it wouldn’t make sense to have broad heads flying around with other people trying to practice! If a deer hunt. Was authorized within the archery range, IMHO they’d have to close the range down for casual target shooters,

Hunting on the range is not legel. The governor's proclamation (which has the force of law) states that a person can only hunt in Bismarck city limits with a depradation tag. The range is within city limits. If a person has a depradation tag (as I do) the range and the range trails are off limits to hunting. So no matter how you look at it it is illegal to hunt on the range. If you don't have a depradation tag you can't hunt city limits at all. If you have a depradation tag you can hunt designated areas within city limits, but those areas do not include the range and its trails.

You best go do a history check before you start spouting off on shit you clearly don't understand. The city may have taken the range out now days but if you call and ask them you will find it was part of the area as was riverwood golf course for that matter(needed a separate permission slip similar to Lincoln oaks) for years and years and the pretty red ribbons could be seen hanging from the trees inside the fence.

My mistake. I thought we were discussing someone shooting a deer on the range a week or so ago, not ancient history. You are the one who posted the challenge to list what was done illegally by the person who did that. I pointed out what was done illegally. If you wanted to talk about whether it was legal to hunt there fifty years ago you should have clarified. You have just confirmed the saying “If you want to have people think you are an idiot keep silent. If you want them to be sure you are an idiot, speak up.”

No idea if it’s legal or not but I can’t see it being safe for target shooters or passerby’s with an occasional broad head flying around. Of course, Dean NEVER misses so he should be perfectly safe, LOL kidin u, Dean....